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PEER Servants partners with organizations in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Eurasia, and Latin America. The primary purpose of each partnership is to strengthen the global church through economic empowerment. Each partner’s program is autonomous and designed to operate best within that region - thus, the resulting MED programs vary significantly from each other. Highlights of each partner and their MED program are provided by region below. |
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| PEER Servants has four partners in Asia, including the Kolhapur Church Council in India and Santisuk Peace Foundation in Thailand. We also partner in two countries for which we limit information accessible via the website. |
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| With over 60% of the world’s population and 80% of the world’s least reached people’s for Christ, Asia offers unsurpassed opportunities and challenges for Christian micro-enterprise. It is the only continent where Christianity is not the religion of the majority of the people. It is also a continent where governments and factions are, in some cases, becoming more anti-Christian and becoming very suspicious of organizations which simply want to heed Christ’s call to minister among the poor. Asian believers have much to teach those in other parts of the world regarding the cost of following Christ regardless of the circumstances. |
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India - Kolhapur Church Council
Program Name: MEDIA (MED in IndiA)
Description: A church-centered MED program working within the churches of the Kolhapur Church Council, a Presbyterian organization based in Maharashtra State.
Lending Model: Solidarity Groups of generally 5 people where “peer accountability” is used to encourage each person to repay their loan.
# of Participants: Approximately 200 since program inception.
Average Loan Size: Approximately $200US per person.
Year Partnership Started: 2000 |
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Thailand - Santisuk Peace Foundation
Program Name: Peace Micro-Enterprise Development (PMED)
Description: A community-based program acting as an outreach of a local church in Bangkok that wants to minister to the poor in the name of Christ.
Lending Model: Primarily individual loans.
# of Participants: Approximately 200 since program inception.
Average Loan Size: Approximately $200US per person.
Year Partnership Started: 1999 |
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